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こう
こう
See also: ごう
Japanese
Adverb
こう (romaji kō)
See also
Japanese demonstratives
| ko- “this” (close to speaker) |
so- “that” (close to listener) |
a- “that over there” (far from both) |
do- “which” (indeterminate, question) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Object | これ (kore) | それ (sore) | あれ (are) | どれ (dore) |
| これら (korera) | それら (sorera) | あれら (arera) | — | |
| Determiner | この (kono) | その (sono) | あの (ano) | どの (dono) |
| これらの (korera no) | それらの (sorera no) | あれらの (arera no) | — | |
| Kind | こんな (konna) | そんな (sonna) | あんな (anna) | どんな (donna) |
| Place | ここ (koko) | そこ (soko) | あそこ (asoko)* | どこ (doko) |
| Direction | こちら (kochira) | そちら (sochira) | あちら (achira) | どちら (dochira) |
| こっち (kotchi) | そっち (sotchi) | あっち (atchi) | どっち (dotchi) | |
| Human | こいつ (koitsu) | そいつ (soitsu) | あいつ (aitsu) | どいつ (doitsu) |
| Manner | こう (kō) | そう (sō) | ああ (ā)** | どう (dō) |
| * irregular ** regular (long vowel) | ||||
Proper noun
こう (romaji Kō)
- 光: A male given name
- 巧: A male given name
Verb
こう (godan conjugation, romaji kou)
Kanji reading
こう (romaji kō)
- 口: mouth, opening, entrance, hole; kind, sort; job
- 工: work, craft, art, skill; workman, artisan
- 孔: hole, cavity
- 公: prince, lord; public
- 甲: "A", first, the former, the one; shell, armor, tortoise shell, crab shell; back of the hand; instep; the back
- 功: efficiency, merit, distinguished services, achievement, success, exploit, honor, credit
- 光: light, ray, beam; radiance, brilliance, brightness; shine, flash, gleam, glitter, glimmer, twinkle, sparkle, glow, luster, gloss
- 江: river, creek; inlet, bay
- 香: fragrant, sweet smelling; incense
- 校: (prefix) school; military field officer
- 項: section, member, term
- 鉱: mine; mineral, ore
- 綱: heavy rope, hawser; main points; (biological classification) class
- 稿: draft, manuscript, rough copy
- 鋼: steel; hard, strong, tough
- 衡: measure, weigh, judge, consider
- 購: buy, purchase; hire
- 降: descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
- 幸: happiness, good luck
- 亘
- 交
- 向
- 抗